disease

• kwashiokor is a protein deficiency
• scurvy is a vitamin c deficiency
• rickets/osteomalacia is a vitamin d or calcium deficiency
• anaemia is an iron deficiency
• symptoms of kwashiokor: enlarged belly, small muscles, failure to grow
• symptoms of scurvy: swelling + bleeding gums, muscle and joint pain, tiredness
• symptoms of rickets/osteomalacia : weak bones
• symptoms of anaemia: tiredness
• good source of nutrients for kwashiokor: meat, beans , egg
• good source of nutrients for scurvy: citrus fruits, green veg
• good source of nutrients for rickets: oily fish, calcium, dairy
• good source of nutrients for anaemia: red meat, dark green leaves, egg yolk
• non-communicable you cant catch
• communicable you can catch
• cardiovascular diseases are those which affect the heart and blood vessels
• heart attacks form when blood flow to the heart muscle is suddenly stopped
• stroke is formed when blood supply to the brain is cut off
• atherosclerosis is a cause of a biuld up of fatty deposit inside the arteries
• angina is chest pain caused by restricted blood flow to the heart muscle
• immune


  the system that tries to protect the body from disease
• pathogen


  a microorganism that causes disease
• malnutrtion


  when you get too little or too much of particular nutrients
• 4 types of pathogens

  bacteria, protists, fungi, (viruses)
• cholera causes diarrhoea
• tuberculosis infects and damages the lungs , fever and weight loss
• malaria causes fever , weakness and scikness
• chalara causes lesions on branches , dead leaves
• ebola causes stomach ulcers, stomach pain, nausia
• pathogen of cholera: bacterium
• pathogen of tuberculosis: bacterium
• pathogen of malaria: protists
• aids causes infections, destroys white blood cells
• pathogen of aids: virus
• pathogen of ebola: bacterium
• cholera affects humans
• tuberculosis affects humans
• malaria affects humans
• aids affects humans
• chalara affects ash trees
• ebola affects humans